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Sp. 2. adusta. Alis anticis brunneo cinereoqite variis, strigis stigniatihusque 

 Jlavidis : posticis albidis venis margineque externa J'uscis. (Exp. alar, 1 unc. 

 8—10 lin.) 



No. adusta. EsperP—Ha.. adusta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 80. No. G196. 



Head and thorax deep fuscous, with darker shades and spots : anterior wings 

 varied with cinereous and brown, with a pale flavescent undulated striga 

 before, and another behind the midtlle, united by an indistinct dusky lineola, 

 placed between the stigmata and the inner margin of the wing : the ordinary 

 stigmata are cinereous, the anterior with a black margin : on the posterior 

 margin of the wing is a greatly undulated flavescent striga, and on the margin 

 itself are some deep fuscous sublunate spots : posterior wings whitish, with 

 the nervures and outer margin dusky. 



Also a rare species : my specimens were taken at Bircli-wood : 

 examples have occurred in other parts of Kent, and at Coombe- 

 wood, but much more rarely at the latter place. 



Sp. 3. satura. Alis anticis rufo-fuUginosis, lineold nigra maculis stigmatihus 

 Jascidque pallidioribus nigro adnatis, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 8—10 lin.) 

 No. Satura. Wien. Verz. — Ha. satura. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. ja. 80. No. 6197. 



Closely resembling the preceding species, of which it is possible it may prove 

 to be a variety: the wings are, however, more deeply marked with black, 

 and a very conspicuous straight black lineola unites the third and fourth 

 ordinary strigse on the anterior wings ; at the base of which is a black streak, 

 and a dusky one near the base of the inner margin; the stigmata are pale 

 brownish-ash, with slender black edges, the posterior one somewhat tinted 

 with yellow ; on the hinder margin of the wing is a pale striga, composed of 

 numerous acute denticulations, of which two are more conspicuous, and form 

 the usual W mark of the group ; the cilia are brownish, interrupted with 

 pale cinereous, and preceded by a series of conical black spots: posterior 

 wings dusky, with the margin, nervures, and a central lunule, of a darker 

 hue. 



I possess a pair of this species, wdiich I obtained from the cabinet 

 of the late Mr. Marsham : they somewhat resemble the preceding 

 species, but are of a smaller size, and their colours and markings 

 are sufficiently distinct to prevent their union. I am not aware 

 of their locality, but most probably they were found near London : 

 where the insect has been taken, I believe at Coombe-wood, 

 towards the end of May. 



Sp. 4. remissa. Alis anticis pallide fuscescentibus nebulosis, lineolis duabus basi, 



arcuque medio crassissimo nigricantibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 8 lin.) 

 No. remissa. Hilb.-rHai. remissa. Steph. Catal pt. ii. ;;. 80. No. 6198. 

 Similar to the following, but considerably paler in colour, especially on the costa 



